Questions asked me in Pen Pal Project a JCC 4th grade Max & Eli What were your siblings names if you had any? Sharron 1942, Susan 1943 Kathy 1945 David 1947 Sylvia 1949 Did you have any heroes or role models at the time? In my late teens my dad was a hero, he kept our family together when it had problems. When I was young Bible characters meant a lot to me, to be like Jesus or Paul or Peter was in a lot of songs and stories. Almost too much to take in, sometimes. I looked up to my Uncle Ward, he was 6’5” drove a convertible and loved ice cream. I would go with him to get haircuts and eat a quart of black walnut ice cream What kind of school did you go to and what was its name? Washington Township, Hatchets 1947-1954 Near Logansport Indiana and the Wabash River Were you a good student in school? Loved reading, ciphering math on blackboard. I was fastest one in class, second in spelling when have contest. What was your favorite and least favorite subjects in school? Favorite was Reading stories of ball players, pioneers and wild animals, but I loved it all of school. School was the place for me. Was sometime to loud and eager and other students laughed but I wanted to do well and did until I got into 6th grade Did you have any pets? Rusty and light brown cocker spaniel, he grabbed my shirt and pulled and would hang on tight. I was on the ground and once he flipped up in the air hanging on the shirt and fell on t he ground as I rolled over, but not on him. We lived in Forest, Indiana near the elevator where the corn, wheat and oats were brought in by the farmers to be ground into feed and taken back to the farm to feed the cows, pigs, goats and chickens. Sometimes in the fall the big trucks from the farm brought in corn and soybeans to be stored there and the Railroad cars would be loaded up and shipped off to the bigger mills and cities. What kind of historical events were happening during your childhood? The cold war and the Berlin Airlift, when Russia tried to stop us from sending trucks of supplies to Berlin German. So we flew them into the airport by the hundreds of planes and dared them to shot us out of the sky. They did not, but we were scared for a while. The Atom Bomb stand offs between America and Russia were so tense. Our schools had bomb drills, like you have a fire drill. But we would get under our desks or go into the closets practicing in case a plane got past our radar and dropped a bomb in Indiana near us. My first TV watching was at school, President Eisenhower’s inauguration in 1952. Most of students in Washington Township school went to big auditorium, they put several TV’s around the walls and we watched the first presidential inauguration on TV. I still remember the sound of his voice. He was a great general and very good president. What was your house like? A big country farm house brown shingled siding, water from pump in sink. Two stories. Coal furnace, shoveled coal in furnace, No bathroom, go to outdoor toilet away from house. Played basketball using a barrel rim for goal and on the ground was black dirty cinders not gravel. Had two big catalpa trees in the front yard, a rope swing on one with a board for a seat. Apple, peach, pear and cheery trees in the yard. Large yard with sand box under the apple tree. Big ¼ acre garden between house and road. Lane was 250 feet long. Cold walk in winter to go out and wait for the bus or get wet when it rained. What was your neighborhood like? Out in country closest house ¼ mile away up the hile. The Wabash River was 500 yards behind the house. The woods and field of corn between house and river, also the barnyard was 100 feet Who were your best friends at the time? Gordon Miller lived ¾ mile up the road. We played basketball together, rode bus 45 minutes every morning and 45 minutes every evening home. Mrs. Bauman our first grade teacher, Mrs. Miller, not his mother, my second grade teacher, Who was your favorite teacher? Why? Mrs. Miller, her kindness and she could listen and tell what you were saying without fussing at you. She was always that way. What were your hobbies? Reading, reading, gardening ( planted and harvested sweet corn, green beans, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, cabbage, water melon and cantaloupe. Riding my bike to neighbors and played basketball a lot shooting hoops. I sang at church and at home , my mother played piano and we sang in evenings and at church, school and on the bus. Listened to Radio, Lone Ranger, What kind of chores did you have to do around the house? All of them, milked Birdies, Guernsey cow every morning and night for two years, Dad did sometimes, I did the mornings, he lef t to early for work. I gardened for the whole family, mowed yard, started washing dishes when I was 7, washed one week and dried dishes next week until I was 11 and my other sisters started helping. My sisters had chores also. What were your family traditions at the time? We prayed and read Bible every evening, went to church Sunday morning and often in evening. Went camp in summer. Sebert family reunion on Labor day Weekend at Grandma and Grandpa Sebert’s farm 2 hour drive way up north above Fort Wayne Indiana, near Waterloo, Indiana. Also fished with my Grandfathers in Wabash River and with Grandpa Sebert at Lake George. Did you have any goals or dreams at the time? Not really sure, I think I wanted to be a writer of stories and I loved to sing, but I was the first male child and I was given to God and that meant to be a minister. So that is what I became, it took me almost 60 years to be a good enough writer and story teller others would listen, laugh and remember.
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